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illegitimacy: see bastard bastard, person born out of wedlock whose legal status is illegitimacy. In civil law countries and in about half the states of the United States, the union of the parents in marriage after birth makes the child legitimate.
..... Click the link for more information. . Illegitimacy bend sinister supposed stigma of illegitimate birth. [Heraldry: Misc.] servant of Bramble family turns out to be illegitimate son of Mr. Bramble. [Br. Lit.: Humphry Clinker, Payton, 324] illegitimate son of Earl of Gloucester; conspires against father. [Br. Hist.: King Lear] revealed to be Squire Allworthy’s sister Bridget’s illegitimate son. [Br. Lit.: Fielding Tom Jones] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | There is nothing illegimate about list-voting, but civil society activists are pushing to reform the context in which it takes place. 116) While she managed to secure a measure of economic independence, Felice never engaged in investments of comparable type or scope to those of the Duchess of Ferrara, and her wealth was negligible by comparison with that of Lucrezia, a woman who was also the illegimate daughter of a pope. In Illegimate Power: Bastards in Renaissance Drama (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1994), 20-25, Alison Findlay cites William Clerke's Triall of Bastardie (1594, EIv) on spurius as the Latin for the son of a concubine and nothus for the son of an adulteress. |
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